Groundbreaking cancer research reverts cancer cells back into normal cells
In a new way to treat triple-negative breast cancer, researchers have differentiated cancer cells to convert them into less harmful cells.
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Joseph Shavit
- Oct 16
Researchers develop two treatments that can cure peanut allergies
Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 6
Honeybee venom found to cure breast cancer
The cancer community is buzzing over a new study that says venom from bees can kill cancer cells within one hour of exposure.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 5
Yale scientists discovered a cure for diabetes using ultrasound
Are we moving closer to when diabetes is no longer monitored and managed with blood sugar tests, insulin injections and drug treatment?
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 24
A special sugar molecule is key to Alzheimer's cure
The molecule, known as a glycan, could serve as a new target for early diagnostic tests, treatments and perhaps prevention of Alzheimer’s.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 29
New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures
There’s no safe way to get a close-up view of the human heart as it goes about its work: you can’t pop it out, take a look, then put it back
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 9
Implantable ‘Drug factories’ eliminate ovarian, colorectal cancer
Rice University bioengineers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 19
Patient possibly cured of HIV infection by special stem-cell transplant
A patient with HIV who received a blood stem cell transplant for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia has been free of the virus for 14 months.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 18
Researchers discover a possible cure for sickle cell anemia
While a remedy for this severe disease has remained elusive, a recent study, if proven applicable, may be a possible cure.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 5
Researchers discover two treatments that can cure peanut allergies in children
Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 23
New discovery can cure peanut allergies in some young children
Giving peanut oral immunotherapy to highly peanut-allergic children safely desensitized most of them to peanuts and induced remission.